Wordless Wednesday: Between A Rock and a Heart Place

I found love on a two-way street...ok, it was just 91st and 3rd. 


C'mon, you know you wanna hit play! Interesting trivia fact: This song was inspired by Dr. Zhivago:




Sugar headache? An antidote, found festering where the sidewalk ends:

Wordless Wednesday: Dream, Deferred

Fans of De La Vega's work will recognize this shattered dream that caught my eye on 87th Street, written on broken, soaken shards of glass. Despite the downer songs I've chosen to accompany this, I saw such beauty here--golden raindrops mirror-balling in the streetlight, hope rising out of a freakin' bag of garbage over the subway grate that some guy used to stand under as he looked up ladies' skirts. (Really, that's true, it was a couple years ago.) Seriously, remember what Nietzsche said about smashing everything and starting anew?

P.S. I took this photo with my new iPhone!


Kicked out of his band, tax evasion, handguns, ten vials of crack in 1/2 hour. Oh dude, we can hear dreams dying, dying in your beautiful voice even here:

Wordless Wednesday: Something's Fishy

An egg yolk fish-bird sunny side up, a crucifix in platform shoes who's just had enuff? I dunno, ask De La Vega.

As seen around Third Avenue and 90th in early August.

Wordless Wednesday: So Where Were The Spiders?

I thought this was a tripped-up, hipped-up cousin of a Blue Meanie until I counted the legs just now. Spider? Octopus? And why is there always a Ramones song for everything?!

Wordless Wednesday: Sorry, Can't Talk Right Now...

Wordless Wednesday: Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

Wordless Wednesday: Swearin' to God

Dudes! Can ya’ll see what de la vega has written in chalk on the sidewalk? I came across this gem last Friday, and at first I liked it, but now I’m all pissed off! Too bad I don’t know what he intended, but it being Wordless Wednesday and all, I really can’t say too much more. I like that he’s kinda leveling the playing field between creator and creation, but not cool with the demanding nature of it all. Ask not what your G. can do for you, but what YOU can do for you. And how about prayer as one long thank you, rather than a freakin’ list for Santa? (And HELLO, why not try usin’ a little honey to catch the bees?)

P.S. I've used this song before, but it says just what I want. And ha ha, check out the comment from the poor guy who wants to know if anyone's ever met a girl who liked XTC or recognized any Beach Boys song other than "Surfin' USA." Girls who like XTC and the Beach Boys are too weird for you, dude. Trust me. ; )



In the top 3 of my Kinkdom:



Here comes the Hammer. No, seriously. I lurv this one. Major shakti here.

Wordless Wednesday: Golden Slumbers

And if your dream leads you to a sidewalk on the Upper East Side, a-glitter with last week’s auto emission-tinged snow and cigarette butts…well, these songs probably won’t make you feel any better. Sorry.

P.S. New Yorkers and others, you may recognize the mattress art, courtesy of De La Vega.